title: Defensive diagnostic testing--a case of stolen utility?
authors.affiliation: VA Palo Alto Health Care System, California 94304, USA. owens@smi.stanford.edu
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Owens
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D003675:Defensive Medicine; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'